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A collection of maps, often with additional geopolitical or social statistics, usually bound into book form. The name 'Atlas' derives from the custom of adorning the cover or title page of such collections with a picture of the Atlas of Greek mythology holding the Earth on his shoulders. This usage of the term dates from Gerardus Mercator?'s Atlas Sive Cosmographicae, (Atlas, or Description of the Universe) of 1585-1595. The earliest atlas was Ptolemy's Geography of c. 150 AD.
A collection of maps, often with additional geopolitical or social statistics, usually bound into book form. The name 'Atlas' derives from the custom of adorning the cover or title page of such collections with a picture of the Atlas of Greek mythology holding the Earth on his shoulders. This usage of the term dates from Gerardus Mercator?'s Atlas Sive Cosmographicae, (Atlas, or Description of the Universe) of 1585-1595. The earliest atlas was Ptolemy's Geography? of c. 150 AD.

See also:
* Geography
* Cartography
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